Where does “dawes” come from?

dawes (Middle English) comes from Old English dagas, from Proto-Germanic dagōs, from Proto-Germanic dagaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰegʷʰ- — to burn; warm, hot.

dawes (Middle English): plural of day

Definitions

  1. plural of day

Ancestry of “dawes”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishdagas—
2Proto-Germanicdagōs—
3Proto-Germanicdagazday; name of the D-rune
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰegʷʰ-to burn; warm, hot
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰegʷʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic dagaz →Every word from Proto-Germanic dagōs →